Steve Goodier Wisdom: Listen Louder

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

A man realized he needed to purchase a hearing aid, but he felt unwilling to spend much money. “How much do they run?” he asked the clerk.

“That depends,” said the salesman. “They run from $2.00 to $2,000.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Learn to Speak Their Language

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

A woman was explaining her theory of putting her children to bed: “I never tell bedtime stories that begin with ‘Once upon a time,’” she said. “If I really want to put them to sleep, I start off with, ‘Now, when I was your age…’” It’s nice to understand people so well that we know just what to say! Here is a mother who could speak her children’s language.

The story is told of the most famous elephant in the world — a huge, beautiful and gentle beast named Bozo. Children extended open palms filled with peanuts for the Indian elephant, who gently plucked them from little hands and seemed to smile as he ate his treats. But one day, for some inexplicable reason, Bozo changed. He almost stampeded the man who cleaned his cage. He charged children at the circus and became incorrigible. His owner knew he would have to destroy the once-gentle giant. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Equip the Children

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Should we chain our children to the bedpost until they reach adulthood? Should we shield them from all negative influences until they can make mature decisions?

When Dr. Willis Tate was at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, he told of a mother who gallantly tried to protect her son. She wrote a long letter to Dr. Tate about her son who was coming to enroll as a freshman. She wanted the president to make sure that the boy had a “good” roommate who would encourage him to go to church and not use bad language. She did not want the roommate to smoke or otherwise negatively influence her son. Read more

A True Story of a Holiday Miracle

In memory of our dear friend and supporter, John Harricharan, who was called home this year.

Long, long ago, in a small, tropical village in a country far, far away, a little boy lived with his parents in a two room house. He could not have been more than four or five years old and his entire experience of life was limited to the fishing and farming village, his neighbors and friends.

It wasn’t that the little boy was unhappy. Given his situation, he was a rather cheerful, optimistic lad, but times were hard for his parents. The village was recovering from the recent floods that had wiped out his parents livelihood. And the Christmas holidays were just around the corner.

Now in this little village of long ago, people of various religions lived and worked together in harmony. Everyone enjoyed each other’s religious holidays and everyone looked forward to the celebrations where Christians, Hindus, Muslims and others would gather. The parents would provide gifts for the children and little boys and little girls would squeal with delight as they played with their simple toys. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Beatitudes for Parents

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

One man says he had a great speech for parents. It was called, “How to Raise Your Children.” He went on speaking tours in the Midwestern United States and was paid a high honorarium for the talk. “This guy will wow you, ” people said.

Then they had their first child. His majestic speech lost its punch at 2:00 AM with the baby in full cry. But he kept trying. He renamed his new, modified speech “Some Suggestions for Parents” and charged bravely on. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Led Around By Your Gotta Haves

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Two women who had just met at a health spa were talking about their lifestyles and how they hope to stay healthy. One asked the other to detail her daily routine.

“I eat moderately,” she replied, “I exercise moderately, I drink moderately, and I live moderately.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Hand

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

At first it sounded like a Thanksgiving story, but the more I reflected on it, the more appropriate it seemed for any time of the year. The way I heard it, the story went like this:

Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment — to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Before Blasting Off

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Lorraine Hansberry wrote a play called, “A Raisin in the Sun.” In that play a sister is completely out of patience with her brother. He has been so dis gusting in her eyes that she never again wants anything to do with him.

But her mother is wise. She tells her daughter that the time to love somebody is not when they have done well and made things easy for everyone. The time to love somebody is when “he’s at his lowest and can’t believe in himself ’cause the world done whipped him so.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Looking for Diamonds

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Albert Einstein said “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once discovered, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.

When I was a church pastor, a man stopped by my office to see me. He held out his hand and in it was a small, plastic gem stone. “I stepped on this gem stone when I was leaving church last Sunday,” he explained. “It became lodged in the sole of my shoe. You had spoken about how we are surrounded by diamonds — we only need to recognize them. I put the plastic stone in my pocket to remind me to recognize the “diamonds” that I need. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Power of Together

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

The poet Rupert Brooke set out to travel by boat from England to America. Everyone on deck had someone there to see him or her off - everyone except him. Rupert Brooke felt lonely, terribly lonely. Watching the hugging and kissing and good-byes, he wished he had someone to miss him.

The poet saw a youngster and asked his name. “William,” the boy answered. Read more

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